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SPAN W 1101x and y-W1102 Elementary First-Year Course

Introductory course to Spanish as a vehicle for oral and written
communication. Emphasis on speaking, listening comprehension, reading, and
writing. Fundamentals of grammar.Prerequisites: "L" course; enrollment limited to 15 students.4 points

Course
Number

Call Number/
Section

Days & Times/
Location

Instructor

Enrollment

Spring 2015 :: SPAN W1101

SPAN
1101

23707
001

MWF 8:40a - 9:55a
425 PUPIN LABORATORIES

J. Jimenez-Caicedo

6 / 15

SPAN
1101

12167
002

MWF 10:10a - 11:25a
424 PUPIN LABORATORIES

J. Jimenez-Caicedo

8 / 15

SPAN
1101

73403
003

MWF 11:40a - 12:55p
424 PUPIN LABORATORIES

J. Jimenez-Caicedo

15 / 15

SPAN
1101

78598
004

TuThF 2:40p - 3:55p
412 PUPIN LABORATORIES

J. Ruiz-Campillo

13 / 15

SPAN
1101

93048
005

TuThF 4:10p - 5:25p
412 PUPIN LABORATORIES

J. Ruiz-Campillo

15 / 15

SPAN
1101

14521
006

TuThF 8:40a - 9:55a
412 PUPIN LABORATORIES

A. Enrigue

12 / 15

SPAN
1101

24247
007

TuThF 10:10a - 11:25a
412 PUPIN LABORATORIES

A. Enrigue

13 / 15

SPAN
1101

75965
008

TuThF 11:40a - 12:55p
412 PUPIN LABORATORIES

A. Enrigue

13 / 15

SPAN
1101

88012
009

TuThF 6:10p - 7:25p
412 PUPIN LABORATORIES

J. Ruiz-Campillo

11 / 15

SPAN
1101

06086
010

TuThF 8:40a - 9:55a
307 MILBANK HALL

M. Lozano

10 / 15

SPAN
1101

00511
011

TuThF 10:10a - 11:25a
307 MILBANK HALL

M. Lozano

13 / 15

Spring 2015 :: SPAN W1102

SPAN
1102

76964
001

MWF 11:40a - 12:55p
255 INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS BLDG

L. Abraham

14 / 15

SPAN
1102

72095
002

MWF 2:40p - 3:55p
255 INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS BLDG

L. Abraham

15 / 15

SPAN
1102

10997
003

TuThF 11:40a - 12:55p
307 PUPIN LABORATORIES

O. Barreto

15 / 15

SPAN
1102

16769
004

TuThF 2:40p - 3:55p
425 PUPIN LABORATORIES

L. Tucker

14 / 15

SPAN
1102

74884
005

TuThF 4:10p - 5:25p
425 PUPIN LABORATORIES

L. Tucker

14 / 15

SPAN
1102

18647
006

TuThF 6:10p - 7:25p
424 PUPIN LABORATORIES

F. Meizoso

8 / 15

SPAN
1102

23976
007

TuThF 8:40a - 9:55a
424 PUPIN LABORATORIES

F. Meizoso

14 / 15

SPAN
1102

13639
008

TuThF 10:10a - 11:25a
307 PUPIN LABORATORIES

F. Meizoso

15 / 15

SPAN
1102

71004
009

TuThF 11:40a - 12:55p
407 HAMILTON HALL

L. Tucker

15 / 15

SPAN
1102

25472
010

TuThF 10:10a - 11:25a
425 PUPIN LABORATORIES

D. Romero

15 / 15

SPAN
1102

72238
011

TuThF 11:40a - 12:55p
425 PUPIN LABORATORIES

D. Romero

15 / 15

SPAN
1102

07842
014

MWTh 10:10a - 11:25a
302 LEHMAN HALL

A. Mora

15 / 15

SPAN
1102

02224
015

MWTh 11:40a - 12:55p
302 LEHMAN HALL

A. Mora

14 / 15

SPAN
1102

06432
016

MWTh 2:40p - 3:55p
327 MILBANK HALL

A. Mora

13 / 15

SPAN
1102

02413
017

TuThF 2:40p - 3:55p
225 MILBANK HALL

J. Perez Zapatero

16 / 15

SPAN
1102

03325
018

TuThF 4:10p - 5:25p
202 MILBANK HALL

J. Perez Zapatero

15 / 15

Autumn 2015 :: SPAN W1101

SPAN
1101

23800
001

TuThF 8:40a - 9:55a
412 PUPIN LABORATORIES

J. Jimenez-Caicedo

12 / 12

SPAN
1101

74647
002

TuThF 10:10a - 11:25a
412 PUPIN LABORATORIES

J. Jimenez-Caicedo

14 / 15

SPAN
1101

11077
003

MWF 8:40a - 9:55a
255 INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS BLDG

C. Pena

12 / 12

SPAN
1101

69760
004

MWF 10:10a - 11:25a
TBA

D. Mejia

6 / 12

SPAN
1101

62936
005

TuThF 10:10a - 11:25a
TBA

A. Mendez

11 / 12

SPAN
1101

22380
006

TuThF 4:10p - 5:25p
313 PUPIN LABORATORIES

J. Ruiz-Campillo

15 / 15

SPAN
1101

12615
007

MWF 10:10a - 11:25a
TBA

A. Lavin

3 / 12

SPAN
1101

71460
008

TuThF 11:40a - 12:55p
206 CASA HISPANICA

O. Duran-Garcia

12 / 12

SPAN
1101

20031
009

MWF 11:40a - 12:55p
253 INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS BLDG

A. Allen-Mossman

9 / 12

SPAN
1101

19015
010

TuThF 11:40a - 12:55p
424 PUPIN LABORATORIES

F. Rosales-Varo

15 / 15

SPAN
1101

74624
011

TuThF 2:40p - 3:55p
255 INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS BLDG

F. Rosales-Varo

15 / 15

SPAN
1101

04304
012

MWTh 8:40a - 9:55a
TBA

A. Mora

12 / 12

SPAN
1101

04913
013

MWTh 10:10a - 11:25a
TBA

A. Mora

7 / 12

SPAN
1101

09207
014

MWTh 11:40a - 12:55p
TBA

A. Mora

9 / 12

SPAN
1101

00997
015

MWTh 1:10p - 2:25p
TBA

M. Arce-Fernandez

12 / 12

SPAN
1101

07364
016

MWTh 2:40p - 3:55p
TBA

M. Arce-Fernandez

12 / 12

Autumn 2015 :: SPAN W1102

SPAN
1102

22532
001

MWF 8:40a - 9:55a
424 PUPIN LABORATORIES

Instructor To Be Announced

12 / 12

SPAN
1102

14652
002

MWF 10:10a - 11:25a
TBA

Instructor To Be Announced

12 / 12

SPAN
1102

17344
003

TuThF 11:40a - 12:55p
255 INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS BLDG

A. Craig-Florez

12 / 12

SPAN
1102

00615
004

MWTh 11:40a - 12:55p
TBA

M. Arce-Fernandez

12 / 12

SPAN
1102

21810
005

TuThF 10:10a - 11:25a
424 PUPIN LABORATORIES

L. Tucker

12 / 12

SPAN
1102

10226
006

MWF 11:40a - 12:55p
TBA

D. Romero

12 / 12

SPAN
1102

72899
007

TuThF 2:40p - 3:55p
222 PUPIN LABORATORIES

L. Tucker

12 / 12

SPAN
1102

73323
008

TuThF 4:10p - 5:25p
222 PUPIN LABORATORIES

L. Tucker

12 / 12

SPAN
1102

96948
010

MWF 2:40p - 3:55p
TBA

Instructor To Be Announced

12 / 12

SPAN W 1201x and y Intermediate Course, Part I

Further development of spoken and written communication skills. Review of
grammar and syntax. Discussion and analysis of short literary texts. Some
linguistic and cultural analysis of contemporary internet materials, videos
and films.Prerequisites: W1102 or W1103 or the equivalent. "L" course. Enrollment limited to 15
students.4 points

Review of more advanced grammar points. Readings, discussions, and analysis
of important literary works by Spanish and Latin American authors. Analysis
and discussions of contemporary internet materials, videos and films.Prerequisites: W1201 or equivalent. Please notice Barnard's SPAN 1203/04
have become SPAN 1201/02. Thus, if you previously took 1203, you should
register for 1202.
"L" course. Enrollment limited to 15 students.3 points

Course
Number

Call Number/
Section

Days & Times/
Location

Instructor

Enrollment

Spring 2015 :: SPAN W1202

SPAN
1202

27288
001

TuThF 10:10a - 11:25a
652 SCHERMERHORN HALL

F. Rosales-Varo

15 / 15

SPAN
1202

61613
002

TuThF 11:40a - 12:55p
652 SCHERMERHORN HALL

F. Rosales-Varo

16 / 15

SPAN
1202

24861
003

TuThF 2:40p - 3:55p
307 MATHEMATICS BUILDING

F. Rosales-Varo

14 / 15

SPAN
1202

69052
004

TuThF 2:40p - 3:55p
325 PUPIN LABORATORIES

G. Ruiz-Fajardo

14 / 15

SPAN
1202

65719
005

TuThF 4:10p - 5:25p
325 PUPIN LABORATORIES

G. Ruiz-Fajardo

15 / 15

SPAN
1202

21725
006

TuThF 6:10p - 7:25p
505 CASA HISPANICA

J. Gordon-Burroughs

5 / 15

SPAN
1202

63551
007

MWF 10:10a - 11:25a
222 PUPIN LABORATORIES

S. Montero

13 / 15

SPAN
1202

14207
008

MWF 11:40a - 12:55p
222 PUPIN LABORATORIES

S. Montero

15 / 15

SPAN
1202

62050
009

MWF 2:40p - 3:55p
222 PUPIN LABORATORIES

S. Montero

13 / 15

SPAN
1202

68292
010

MWF 11:40a - 12:55p
C01 80 CLAREMONT

I. Alonso-Aparicio

15 / 15

SPAN
1202

63278
011

MWF 2:40p - 3:55p
313 PUPIN LABORATORIES

I. Alonso-Aparicio

15 / 15

SPAN
1202

72381
012

MWF 4:10p - 5:25p
313 PUPIN LABORATORIES

I. Alonso-Aparicio

11 / 15

SPAN
1202

10302
013

TuThF 8:40a - 9:55a
313 PUPIN LABORATORIES

C. Fernandez-Gutierrez

15 / 15

SPAN
1202

12809
014

TuThF 10:10a - 11:25a
545 GRACE DODGE HALL (TC)

C. Fernandez-Gutierrez

12 / 15

SPAN
1202

25274
015

TuThF 11:40a - 12:55p
545 GRACE DODGE HALL (TC)

C. Fernandez-Gutierrez

12 / 15

SPAN
1202

04230
018

MWTh 11:40a - 12:55p
202 MILBANK HALL

M. Arce-Fernandez

14 / 15

SPAN
1202

09111
019

MW 1:10p - 2:25p
302 MILBANK HALL
Th 1:10p - 2:25p
502 Diana Center

M. Arce-Fernandez

16 / 15

SPAN
1202

06478
021

TuThF 10:10a - 11:25a
409 BARNARD HALL

L. Pons Coll

13 / 15

SPAN
1202

06384
022

TuThF 11:40a - 12:55p
324 MILBANK HALL

L. Pons Coll

15 / 15

Autumn 2015 :: SPAN W1202

SPAN
1202

61074
001

TuThF 8:40a - 9:55a
325 PUPIN LABORATORIES

F. Meizoso

15 / 15

SPAN
1202

60181
002

TuThF 10:10a - 11:25a
307 PUPIN LABORATORIES

F. Meizoso

15 / 15

SPAN
1202

68390
003

TuThF 5:40p - 6:55p
424 PUPIN LABORATORIES

F. Meizoso

14 / 15

SPAN
1202

28896
004

TuThF 10:10a - 11:25a
325 PUPIN LABORATORIES

R. Llopis-Garcia

15 / 15

SPAN
1202

66890
005

TuThF 11:40a - 12:55p
325 PUPIN LABORATORIES

R. Llopis-Garcia

15 / 15

SPAN
1202

74283
006

TuThF 2:40p - 3:55p
253 INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS BLDG

R. Llopis-Garcia

15 / 15

SPAN
1202

63905
007

MWF 10:10a - 11:25a
313 PUPIN LABORATORIES

L. Abraham

15 / 15

SPAN
1202

23341
008

MWF 11:40a - 12:55p
313 PUPIN LABORATORIES

L. Abraham

15 / 15

SPAN
1202

15723
009

MWF 11:40a - 12:55p
412 PUPIN LABORATORIES

C. Fernandez-Gutierrez

15 / 15

SPAN
1202

73645
010

MWF 2:40p - 3:55p
412 PUPIN LABORATORIES

C. Fernandez-Gutierrez

13 / 15

SPAN
1202

25798
011

MWF 4:10p - 5:25p
412 PUPIN LABORATORIES

C. Fernandez-Gutierrez

15 / 15

SPAN
1202

04596
012

TuThF 8:40a - 9:55a
TBA

J. Suarez-Garcia

12 / 12

SPAN
1202

05504
013

TuThF 10:10a - 11:25a
TBA

J. Suarez-Garcia

12 / 12

SPAN W 1208x Spanish for Native Speakers

Designed for heritage and non-heritage students from Spanish-speaking
backgrounds who have listening/speaking proficiency beyond the intermediate
level, but little or no formal instruction. Introduction to Spanish grammar
with emphasis on syntax, writing/reading skills, and vocabulary acquisition.
May be taken instead of Intermediate Spanish (1201/1202) to satisfy language
requirement.Prerequisites: Oral fluency. "L" course. Enrollment limited to 15
students.3 points

Course
Number

Call Number/
Section

Days & Times/
Location

Instructor

Enrollment

Spring 2015 :: SPAN W1208

SPAN
1208

06469
001

MWTh 11:40a - 12:55p
327 MILBANK HALL

J. Suarez-Garcia

9 / 15

Autumn 2015 :: SPAN W1208

SPAN
1208

05777
001

TuThF 11:40a - 12:55p
TBA

J. Suarez-Garcia

10 / 15

Bridge Courses

SPAN W 3300x or y Advanced Language through Content

Content-based advanced study of selected aspects of grammar and vocabulary,
aimed at increasing proficiency in speaking, listening comprehension, and
reading comprehension, with a special emphasis on writing. Topic varies
according to instructor. Sections and topics taught at the Department of
Spanish and Latin American Cultures include: Hispanic Cultures in the Age of
Globalization; Translating Cultures - Advanced Spanish for Native Speakers;
Cultura - An Online Cross-Cultural Dialogue; Reading and Interpreting
Narrative; Theatre & Society in Contemporary Spain; Short Stories in
Latin America; and Immigration and U. S. Educational Policies.Prerequisites: Completion of the language requirement. "L" course;
enrollment limited to 15 students. IMPORTANT: This course replaces the former
W3200 and BC3004. If you have taken those courses, do not enroll for
W3300. Although section topics vary, you may only take 3300
ONCE.3 points

Provides students with an overview of the cultural history of the Hispanic
world, from eighth-century Islamic and Christian Spain and the pre-Hispanic
Americas through the late Middle Ages and Early Modern period until about
1700, covering texts and cultural artifacts from both Spain and the
Americas.Prerequisites: "L" course: enrollment limited to 15 students. Completion
of language requirement, third-year language sequence (W3300). BC: Fulfillment of General Education Requirement:
Historical Studies (HIS).. BC: Fulfillment of General Education Requirement:
Literature (LIT)..3 points

Course
Number

Call Number/
Section

Days & Times/
Location

Instructor

Enrollment

Spring 2015 :: SPAN W3349

SPAN
3349

67116
001

MW 8:40a - 9:55a
201 CASA HISPANICA

M. Ibanez Aristondo

11 / 15

SPAN
3349

67986
002

TuTh 11:40a - 12:55p
206 CASA HISPANICA

M. Velazquez Perez

11 / 15

SPAN
3349

04298
004

TuTh 4:10p - 5:25p
225 MILBANK HALL

O. Bentancor

13 / 15

Autumn 2015 :: SPAN W3349

SPAN
3349

77397
001

TuTh 10:10a - 11:25a
TBA

I. Atutxa

15 / 15

SPAN
3349

16594
002

MW 10:10a - 11:25a
206 CASA HISPANICA

P. Grieve

15 / 15

SPAN
3349

20184
003

MW 4:10p - 5:25p
201 CASA HISPANICA

R. Stein

15 / 15

SPAN
3349

73538
004

MW 5:40p - 6:55p
318 HAMILTON HALL

N. Blanco Mourelle

16 / 15

SPAN
3349

09462
005

TuTh 2:40p - 3:55p
TBA

O. Bentancor

15 / 15

SPAN W 3350x and y Hispanic Cultures II: Enlightenment to the
Present

Survey of cultural production of Spain and Spanish America from the
eighteenth to the twenty-first century, focusing on how the 19th-Century
rupture of the political ties between Spain and the new nations opened new
spaces for cultural exchange and for the articulation of cultural, national
and linguistic identity.Prerequisites: "L" course: enrollment limited to 15 students. Completion
of language requirement, third-year language sequence (W3300). BC: Fulfillment of General Education Requirement:
Literature (LIT)..3 points

Course
Number

Call Number/
Section

Days & Times/
Location

Instructor

Enrollment

Spring 2015 :: SPAN W3350

SPAN
3350

64719
001

MW 11:40a - 12:55p
201 CASA HISPANICA

A. Espinoza Staines

16 / 15

SPAN
3350

74227
003

TuTh 10:10a - 11:25a
201 CASA HISPANICA

A. Freeland

14 / 15

SPAN
3350

01239
004

TuTh 10:10a - 11:25a
327 MILBANK HALL

R. Briggs

14 / 15

Autumn 2015 :: SPAN W3350

SPAN
3350

76978
001

MW 1:10p - 2:25p
425 PUPIN LABORATORIES

S. Goldberg

15 / 15

SPAN
3350

65311
002

TuTh 8:40a - 9:55a
201 CASA HISPANICA

C. Perez Jimenez

11 / 15

SPAN
3350

76393
003

TuTh 2:40p - 3:55p
206 CASA HISPANICA

D. Wurst

13 / 15

SPAN
3350

17379
004

TuTh 4:10p - 5:25p
316 HAMILTON HALL

W. Muniz

15 / 15

SPAN
3350

05317
005

MW 1:10p - 2:25p
TBA

R. Briggs

15 / 15

Literature and Culture Courses

SPAN BC 3099x or y Independent Study

Enables students to pursue subjects not covered by courses currently taught.
To arrange this course, a student must present a member of the faculty with a
program of study and obtain an Independent Study form. This form (and the
program of study) must be approved both by the sponsoring faculty member and
the chair of the department. The form must then be submitted to the Committee
on Programs and Academic Standing for final approval. No faculty member of
any rank may direct more than one BC3099 in any given semester.Prerequisites: Third-year bridge course (W3300), and introductory surveys (W3349, W3350.3 points

Examination of the literature and culture produced in Spain during the
dictatorship of Francisco Franco: the interaction between culture allowed and
sponsored by the regime, and the voices of resistance against repression and
censorship.Prerequisites: Third-year bridge course (W3300), and introductory surveys (W3349, W3350).3 points

SPAN BC 3151x or y Spanish Film: Cinematic Representation of
Spain

Examination of Spanish film in both theoretical and historical terms.
Considers political and ideological changes through the 20th century and
their repercussions in cinematic representation. Topics include: surrealism
and Bunuel's legacy; representations of Franco and the civil war; censorship
and self-censorship; gender, sexualities, and national identities; film,
literature relations.Prerequisites: Third-year bridge course (W3300), and introductory surveys (W3349, W3350). BC: Fulfillment of General Education Requirement:
The Visual and Performing Arts (ART)..3 points

Course
Number

Call Number/
Section

Days & Times/
Location

Instructor

Enrollment

Spring 2015 :: SPAN BC3151

SPAN
3151

09809
001

TuTh 4:10p - 5:25p
307 MILBANK HALL

W. Rios-Font

11 / 15

SPAN BC 3267 Transatlantic Travel Writing in
Translation

Since Columbus's diary the relationship between Europe and the New World has
been fraught with the illusion and disappointment raised by European
expectations. This course will read the Atlantic in both directions,
listening to European travelers who go west and Spanish Americans who journey
east to a new Old World. - R. BriggsPrerequisites: Third-year bridge course (W3300), and introductory surveys (W3349, W3350).3 points

SPAN BC 3361 Jorge Luis Borges in Context

This course locates the life and writing of the seminal Argentine writer
Jorge Luis Borges in national and international historical and literary
contexts. - A. MacAdamPrerequisites: Language requirement, SPAN3300 and either SPAN3349 or 3350 BC: Partial Fulfillment of General Education
Requirement: Language (LAN).. BC: Fulfillment of General Education
Requirement: Literature (LIT)..3 points

Course
Number

Call Number/
Section

Days & Times/
Location

Instructor

Enrollment

Autumn 2015 :: SPAN BC3361

SPAN
3361

04520
001

MW 10:10a - 11:25a
TBA

A. Mac Adam

15 / 15

SPAN BC 3375 Literary Translation

This course seeks to explore the techniques and skills required for the
translation of literary text from Spanish to English. - A. MacAdamPrerequisites: Language requirement SPAN330 and SPAN3349 or 3350 BC: Partial Fulfillment of General Education
Requirement: Language (LAN).. BC: Fulfillment of General Education
Requirement: Literature (LIT)..3 points

Course
Number

Call Number/
Section

Days & Times/
Location

Instructor

Enrollment

Autumn 2015 :: SPAN BC3375

SPAN
3375

08332
001

MW 2:40p - 3:55p
TBA

A. Mac Adam

7 / 15

SPAN BC 3376 Rethinking Spanish Translation

Through special attention to translation method and practice, this course
aims to develop a solid foundation on which to build the full set of
competences required to become thoughtful, alert, self-critical translator
while extending and improving the students' competence of Spanish through
complex translation tasks of a wide range of texts presented with a
progressive overall structure and thematic organization. With a professional
approach, it focuses on translation as a cross-cultural and crosslinguistic
communicative activity that integrates areas such as interlanguage
pragmatics, discourse analysis and transfer. - J. Perez-Zapatero3 points

Sociolinguistics studies the connections between language and social
categories such as class, gender, and ethnicity. This course will address how
social, geographic, cultural, and economic factors affect the different
usages of Spanish among its millions of speakers. Through theory and
practice of various research tools including Ethnography of Communication and
Discourse Analysis, students with explore topics such as English-Spanish
contact in the US, code-switching, and Spanglish, as well as issues of
identity, bilingualism, and endangered languages. - M. LozanoPrerequisites: Third-year bridge course (W3300), and introductory surveys (W3349, W3350).3 points

Course
Number

Call Number/
Section

Days & Times/
Location

Instructor

Enrollment

Spring 2015 :: SPAN BC3382

SPAN
3382

03665
001

TuTh 11:40a - 12:55p
307 MILBANK HALL

M. Lozano

14 / 15

SPAN BC 3435x Language and Revolution

Kant's Enlightenment motto, sapere aude, took on political
significance for Spanish American revolutionaries who made their case in
prose, pushing against the constraints of the essay. This course traces the
genre's evolution from the transatlantic debate over political independence
to the exuberant declarations of intellectual independence that would follow.
- R. BriggsPrerequisites: Third-year bridge course (W3300), and introductory surveys (W3349, W3350). BC: Fulfillment of General Education Requirement:
Literature (LIT)..3 points

Consideration of the conflicting interests of 19th-century society as
represented through the themes of marriage and adultery: the desire for
social stability vs. the potentially subversive drive for freedom and
self-affirmation. The roles of women, class, culture, and religion emphasized
in works by Galdos, Clarin, Caballero, and others.Prerequisites: Third-year bridge course (W3300), and introductory surveys (W3349, W3350).3 points

SPAN BC 3441x or y Angels and Seagulls: the Cultural Construction of
Womanhood in Nineteenth Century Spain

Reading of 19th-Century Spanish journalistic, medical, and legal texts,
conduct manuals, and novels by both men and women, to assess how they come
together in configuring new ideas of female identity and its social domains,
as aristocratic rule is gradually being replaced by a new bourgeois
order.Prerequisites: Third-year bridge course (W3300), and introductory surveys (W3349, W3350).3 points

Through both literary and popular print culture, examination of the new class
in 19th century Spain produced by economic industrialization and political
liberalism and how it ensured its hegemony. Negotiates its foundational
issues - power, money, law, city life, education, aesthetics, virtue,
marriage, sexuality, and style. - W. Rios-FontPrerequisites: Third-year bridge course (W3300), and introductory surveys (W3349, W3350). BC: Fulfillment of General Education Requirement:
Literature (LIT)..3 points

In the nineteenth century, the failure of the Spanish State to find political
alternatives to centralism, coupled with Catalonia's industrial and economic
takeoff, led to the development of a strong regionalist sentiment, and
eventually a nationalist movement. From this period and through the beginning
of the Spanish Civil War, intellectuals became engaged in the creation of a
cultural repertoire to ground and strengthen the claim to a Catalan
nationality. In this course, we will examine both the burgeoning literature
in dialogue with Spanish and European currents, and the establishment of
other national traditions in the fields of art, language, music, urban
planning/architecture, and sport. - W. Rios-FontPrerequisites: Third-year bridge course (W3300), and introductory surveys (W3349, W3350).3 points

SPAN BC 3446 Venezuela: Robbery and Nature

This course will read Venezuela backwards in films, poems, novels and essays,
from the present-tense struggle over the legacy of chavismo to the early days
of independence. The constant thread will be the conflict between
development and nature with special attention to natural resources and
eco-critical approaches. - R. BriggsPrerequisites: Third-year bridge course (W3300), and introductory surveys (W3349, W3350).3 points

SPAN BC 3449x or y Memory and Violence: Film and Literature of
Spanish Civil War

Contemporary Spanish films serve as a point of departure for the study of the
Civil War and Franco periods as both historical fact and myth. Includes an
analysis of its representation in memoirs and literary works and its
significance in light of Spain recent political transformation.Prerequisites: Third-year bridge course (W3300), and introductory surveys (W3349, W3350). BC: Fulfillment of General Education Requirement:
Literature (LIT).. BC: Fulfillment of General Education Requirement: The
Visual and Performing Arts (ART)..3 points

SPAN BC 3455x or y Empire and Technology in the Colonial
World

Exploration of the scientific and technological practices through which the
Spanish Empire established and legitimated itself during the sixteenth and
seventeenth centuries. Chronicles and travel literature will show how
knowledges such as cartography, metallurgy, and botany grounded technological
expansion and its deployment of indigenous peoples and resources. - O.
BentancorPrerequisites: Third-year bridge course (W3300), and introductory surveys (W3349, W3350).3 points

This course analyzes how political conflicts and cultural attitudes emerged
in Puerto Rico throughout colonial Spanish rule (1492-1898) reappear or
influence developing thought after the transfer of sovereignty to the United
States and through the 1952 creation of the Commonwealth, as manifested in
legal, journalistic, literary, and other cultural works. - W. Rios-FontPrerequisites: Third-year bridge course (W3300), and introductory surveys (W3349, W3350).3 points

SPAN BC 3457x or y Literatures of the Hispanophone
Caribbean

Study of works from the Spanish-speaking islands of the Caribbean, Cuba, the
Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico, in order to unravel the cultural traits,
historical patterns, and politicoeconomic realities that these islands may or
may not have in common. - M. HornPrerequisites: Third-year bridge course (W3300), and introductory surveys (W3349, W3350). BC: Fulfillment of General Education Requirement:
Literature (LIT)..3 points

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Spring 2015 :: SPAN BC3457

SPAN
3457

01776
001

M 2:10p - 4:00p
405 BARNARD HALL

M. Horn

14 / 15

SPAN BC 3466 Rock Music and Literature in the Southern
Cone

In this course we will explore different social and cultural aspects of the
shifting and complex interrelations between rock and literature in the
Southern Cone. We will examine some representative novels, short stories,
documentaries, secondary bibliography, and songs in the field. - O.
BentancorPrerequisites: Third-year bridge course (W3300), and introductory surveys (W3349, W3350). BC: Fulfillment of General Education Requirement:
Literature (LIT)..3 points

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Enrollment

Autumn 2015 :: SPAN BC3466

SPAN
3466

02425
001

TuTh 4:10p - 5:25p
TBA

O. Bentancor

10 / 15

SPAN BC 3467y Literature of the Southern Cone: The Dialects of
Fantasy and Reality

The region of the Andes (Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru, and Chile) has
produced great poets - Mistral, Neruda, and Vallejo - as well as
extraordinary novelists, Donoso and Vargas Llosa. This course seeks to
identify the essential traits of the region's literature and relate them to
its tumultuous history. - A. Mac AdamPrerequisites: Third-year bridge course (W3300), and introductory surveys (W3349, W3350. BC: Fulfillment of General Education Requirement:
Literature (LIT)..3 points

SPAN BC 3469 Pan-Americanism

Explores the rich tradition of essays, poems, novels and films that define
themselves with or against the notion of a shared American reality. Authors
include Borges, Sarmiento, Mary Peabody Mann, Soledad Acosta de Samper and
Marie Arana. Taught in Spanish. - R. BriggsPrerequisites: Third-year bridge course (W3300), and introductory surveys (W3349, W3350).3 points

SPAN BC 3470x Latin(o) American Art in New York City: Critical
Interventions, Institutions, and Creative Lives

Considers the trajectory and intervention of Latin(o) American art in New
York City's artistic landscape. We will map the relation between Latin(o)
American art and key art institutions, study critical receptions, and look at
some of the lives and works of Latin(o) American artists in NYC. - M.
HornPrerequisites: Third-year bridge course (W3300), and introductory surveys (W3349, W3350).3 points

SPAN BC 3471 Mexico: From Barroco to Narco: Culture and Power in
Mexico

The course surveys Mexican literature and culture from the 17th to the 21st
century. It seeks to identify the voices that define Mexico over the
centuries, beginning with Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz in Colonial New Spain and
ending with Elmer Mendoza in the drug-cartel ridden Culiacán of our own days,
Readings include poetry, essays, and novels, including such authors as
Octavio Paz, Juan Rulfo, and Carlos Fuentes.Prerequisites: Third-year bridge course (W3300), and introductory surveys (W3349, W3350).3 points

Throughout the nineteenth century, Puerto Ricans were developing a sense of
nationality, without an accompanying movement to achieve independence from
Spain. This course examines this apparent contradiction, the hybrid sense of
their own identity and nature that it generates among individuals who feel
both Spanish and Puerto Rican, and its manifestation in literature and other
cultural texts. - W. Rios-FontPrerequisites: Third-year bridge course (W3300), and introductory surveys (W3349, W3350).3 points

SPAN BC 3476x or y Twentieth-Century Puerto Rican
Literature

A study of Puerto Rican authors (Ferre, Sanchez, Pedreira, Julia de Burgos,
Gonzalez, Marques) and their interpretation of socio-historical development
in Puerto Rico. The relationship of these texts to historical writing (e.g.,
Quintero Rivera), and the revisionist trend in Puerto Rican
historiography.Prerequisites: Third-year bridge course (W3300), and introductory surveys (W3349, W3350). Not offered in 2015-2016.3 points

SPAN BC 3479x or y La Novela del Boom, 1962 - 1970

Close reading of the novels that place Spanish America in the mainstream of
worldwide literary production during the sixties. Authors include: Fuentes,
Cortazar, Cabrera Infante, Vargas Llosa, Puig, and Donoso.Prerequisites: Third-year bridge course (W3300), and introductory surveys (W3349, W3350).3 points

SPAN BC 3480x or y Love and Eroticism in Contemporary Latin American
Literature

Readings of short stories and novellas by established and emerging writers
from Spanish America and Brazil. Defines the parameters of Latin American
short fiction by exploring its various manifestations, fantastic literature,
protest writing, satire, and realism. Among the authors to be studied will
be: Machado de Assis, Borges, Garcia Marquez, Ana Lydia Vega, Clarice
Lispector, Silvina Ocampo, and Jose Donoso.Prerequisites: Third-year bridge course (W3300), and introductory surveys (W3349, W3350).3 points

SPAN BC 3482x or y Film-Literature Relations in Modern Latin American
Narrative

Examines constructions of gender and sexuality in Latin American cultures.
Through a close analysis of critical, literary, and visual texts, we explore
contemporary notions of gender and sexuality, the socio-cultural processes
that have historically shaped these, and some theoretical frameworks through
which they have been understood. - M. HornPrerequisites: Third-year bridge course (W3300), and introductory surveys (W3349, W3350).3 points

Close reading of some of the most significant works and trends of post-Franco
Spain in the light of postmodern theories. Readings will include works by
Martin-Gaite, Vazquez Montalban, Montserrat Roig, Lourdes Ortiz, J.J. Millas,
Ana Rosetti, Paloma Pedrero, Antonio Gala, Almudena Grandes.Prerequisites: Third-year bridge course (W3300), and introductory surveys (W3349, W3350). BC: Fulfillment of General Education Requirement:
Literature (LIT)..3 points

SPAN BC 3990x Senior Seminar: Lover-Writers of Modern
Spain

Benito Pérez Galdós (1843-1920) and Emilia Pardo Bazán (1851-1921) are
possibly the two most canonical authors of the Spanish Restoration
(1874-1931), respectively credited with introducing literary realism and
naturalism to renew the national novel; they were also, for approximately
twenty years, lovers and friends. This course looks at a selection of their
works-from the private language of love letters to the public language of
fiction, nonfiction, and literary/cultural criticism-together with
contemporaneous and subsequent writing about them with a triple purpose.
First, from the point of view of literary history and the sociology of
literature, to understand the different reception of a man and a woman in the
literary establishment, and their consequently different paths to
"consecration." Second, through close reading of their writing, to contrast
the ways in which they approach aesthetic creation and critique Spain's
political and economic modernization. Third, from the theoretical standpoint
of affect cultural studies, to appraise the dialogue between their published
texts and their personal correspondence, which reframes and indeed shifts the
terms of their public personae and their positioning in the cultural field. -
W. Rios-FontPrerequisites: Prerequisites: Course intended to be taken by all Spanish
majors during the fall of their senior year. Third-year bridge course
(W3300), and introductory surveys (W3349, W3350). BC: Fulfillment of General Education Requirement:
Cultures in Comparison (CUL).. BC: Fulfillment of General Education
Requirement: Literature (LIT)..3 points

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Autumn 2015 :: SPAN BC3990

SPAN
3990

03982
001

W 2:10p - 4:00p
TBA

W. Rios-Font

9 / 15

Courses in English

Any literature course in the original language or in translation in the department of Spanish and Latin American Cultures fulfills the general education requirement, Literature. Be aware that not all courses automatically qualify. Eligible courses must clearly emphasize literary texts, methods, and theories.

CPLS BC 3142x The Spanish Civil War in Literature and the Visual
Arts

The Spanish Civil War (1936-39), which culminated with the beginning of
Francisco Franco's long dictatorship, foreshadowed the WWII European
conflict. It generated unprecedented foreign involvement, as well texts and
images by artists from both within and outside Spain--from film (documentary
and fictional), through painting (Picasso), to narrative and
nonfiction.BC: Fulfillment of General Education Requirement: Literature
(LIT)..3 points